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Body of missing 4-year-old Mich. boy found
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:56PM June 28, 2012 CommentMOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — The body of a 4-year-old boy missing for a week was found buried Thursday at his home, a family spokesman said.
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Fla. officials say 7 state deaths related to Debby
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:44PM June 28, 2012 CommentLIVE OAK, Fla. (AP) — Florida officials said Thursday that Tropical Storm Debby was responsible for seven deaths in the state.
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Port chief supports sphere move to 9/11 memorial
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:26PM June 28, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Michael Burke's voice still cracks when he talks about how his older brother Billy, a firefighter in Manhattan, was helping two people in the World Trade Center when the towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001.
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New California budget crafted to influence voters
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:21PM June 28, 2012 CommentSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers have long warned of dire consequences if California voters reject a proposed tax hike on the November ballot. In adopting a $91.3 state billion budget, they made it clear it wasn't a hollow threat.
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Analysis: Health care ruling won't stop arguments
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:06PM June 28, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision upholding the nation's health care law marks an enormous political victory for President Barack Obama in the heat of a re-election campaign, and affirmation as well for the Democrats' decades-long drive to extend coverage to millions of Americans who now go without.
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Don Larsen to auction off '56 perfect-game uniform
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:54PM June 28, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Being the kind of grandfather that he is, former New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen is taking one for the team.
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Coverage for most Americans, a scramble for states
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:53PM June 28, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is on the way to its ultimate jury: the families, doctors, business people and state officials who'll have to grapple with the confusing details while striving to fulfill its promise.
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UK won't extradite man accused of rape to Minn.
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:58PM June 28, 2012 CommentMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As prosecutors in Minnesota began preparing to file charges against a man accused of molesting two girls and raping a third in the 1990s, the suspect fled the United States, eventually winding up in London, where authorities caught up to him two years ago.
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Health care law survives _ with Roberts' help
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:56PM June 28, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Obamacare lives.
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Ex-Sands exec alleges prostitution in Macau sites
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:53PM June 28, 2012 CommentLAS VEGAS (AP) — The fired former chief executive of Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s Macau casinos alleges in court documents revealed Thursday that billionaire Sheldon Adelson personally approved of prostitution and knew of other improper activity at his company's properties in the Chinese enclave.
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Holder says contempt vote politically motivated
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:48PM June 28, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday's votes holding him in contempt of Congress are the culmination of a misguided and politically motivated congressional investigation by Republican Rep. Darrell Issa and others who focused on "politics over public safety."
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With plea, Madoff's brother will enter spotlight
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:38PM June 28, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Peter Madoff was the quiet one.
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Air Force says 31 victims so far in sex scandal
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:11PM June 28, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — At least 31 female trainees have been identified as victims in a widening sex scandal targeting a dozen instructors at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, the Air Force revealed Thursday, providing new details in an investigation that has rocked the service's training command.
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Roberts delivers for president who had opposed him
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:04PM June 28, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — As a junior senator, Barack Obama voted against John Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court, fearing he would favor the powerful over the weak.
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House votes to hold attorney general in contempt
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:47PM June 28, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday became the first sitting Cabinet member held in contempt of Congress, a rebuke pushed by Republicans seeking to unearth the facts behind a bungled gun-tracking operation and dismissed by most Democrats as a political stunt.
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Shelter life turns stressful for evacuee
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:23PM June 28, 2012 CommentCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Thursday, June 28:
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House votes to hold attorney general in contempt
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:47PM June 28, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved a precedent-setting resolution to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress. It was the first time a sitting Cabinet member has been held in contempt.
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Feds: NJ ship search turns up no stowaways
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:15PM June 28, 2012 CommentNEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A cargo ship that U.S. authorities thought might be carrying stowaways was expected to leave Port Newark on Friday after a search of more than 160 sealed containers turned up no one.
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Where states stand on implementing health care law
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:10PM June 28, 2012 CommentA look at where the 50 states and the District of Columbia stand on implementing President Barack Obama's federal health care overhaul, which the Supreme Court ruled Thursday can go forward with its aim of covering more than 30 million uninsured Americans.
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Explanations key at Zimmerman's 2nd bond hearing
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:54PM June 28, 2012 CommentORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The neighborhood watch leader charged with killing Trayvon Martin will have a lot of explaining to do when he asks a judge to release him on bond Friday.
